Two or three times each year, Christian Reformed churches send representatives to their classis, a regional group of churches. Here is the report of classis meetings of the past few months.
Some Christian colleges and universities are reporting record enrollment this past term, despite delivering education in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Many of us have spent a lot of time at home this year: working from home, learning from home, and just plain staying home.
저는 기독교인들이 “동방박사”이야기가 갖는 급진적인 의미를 충분히 깊게 묵상하지 않은 것 같습니다.
Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a rigid hierarchy of human rankings.
A savvy podcast helps Christian creatives communicate well.
A CRC author debuts her first children’s book about the high value of each one of us.
This October the Christian Reformed Church’s Council of Delegates endorsed a definition of church planting and the implementation of three church-planting strategies proposed by the Collaborative Church Planters Team. Church planters say it’s a good step.
In Ontario and in British Columbia, Friendship Ministry groups—those designed to bring friendship to adults of varying abilities—have made special connections despite pandemic gathering restrictions.
Youth Unlimited, the North American mission organization best known for SERVE trips, changed its name in September.
As I reflect on my childhood experience with gifts at Christmas time, or thinking about how my people love to give gifts to their family and friends, or when I reflect on the Christmas story in the Gospel of Luke, it all reminds me of Jesus.
When Hansa was 12 years old, she was told she was to get married soon.
Picture book for children 4-8 encourages readers to find beauty in imperfections and strength in adversity.
A progressive rock album explores the Apostle Paul’s conversion.
We can hardly say this season’s greeting without first cracking a smile and knowing in our hearts that we are sharing in a joy that is beyond us and yet inside of us.
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Too often we confuse God’s calling for our lives with a paid vocation.
Family tensions meet slapstick humor in a movie starring Robert De Niro as “Grandpa.”
“She did what she could” (Mark 14:8)—and that is the goal of this book: to provide insights and wisdom for walking through life with the confidence that you’re doing “what you can” to live well for God.
Marilynne Robinson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, returns to the world of Gilead with Jack, one of 2020’s most acclaimed novels.
Last week the Christian Reformed Church's Canadian Ministries director, Darren Roorda, and restructuring consultant, Chris Bosch, hosted online town hall sessions to share a current draft of Canadian ministry priorities and offer clarification on the restructuring process.
Pastor, writer, and founder of Mission India, John De Vries died Oct. 25.
Is it permissible to watch movies as worship?
The report of the Christian Reformed Church's Committee to Articulate a Foundation-Laying Biblical Theology of Human Sexuality affirms the denomination’s historical position on homosexuality and offers scriptural and pastoral guidance on a range of sexual matters.